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Contract #13784 with Watson C&D (Construction & Demolition), LLC for the Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Solid Waste & Resource Recovery.
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Presenter:
Gus Olmos, Solid Waste and Resource Director, 352.548.1282
Theodore White, Procurement Manager, 352.374.5202
Description:
Contract #13784 with Watson C&D, LLC for the Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Solid Waste & Resource Recovery.
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Recommended Action:
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Approve Contract #13784 with Watson C&D LLC for the Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Solid Waste & Resource Recovery and authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the County.
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Prior Board Motions:
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April 11, 2023, Board approved the solicitation award for ITB 24-57 Annual Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Alachua County and the City of Gainesville, to Watson C&D, LLC, for Solid Waste & Resource Recovery.
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Fiscal Consideration:
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The funds for Annual Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste are budgeted within the MSBU (Municipal Service Benefit Unit) and Rural Collection Center budgets in account codes: 148.76.7600.534.43.00 and 403.76.7610.534.43.00
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Strategic Guide:
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Environment
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Background:
Alachua County and the City of Gainesville provide residential yard trash collection services to households within their designated service areas on a once per week collection schedule. Alachua County and the City of Gainesville intend to contract for the environmentally safe processing and beneficial reuse/composting of this vegetative waste. After evaluating the bids summited, the City of Gainesville and Alachua County selected Watson C&D to provide the processing and beneficial reuse services.
BID 24-57 Annual Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Alachua County and the City of Gainesville was released on January 11, 2023. The deadline for receipt of 24-57 Annual Processing and Beneficial Reuse/Composting of Vegetative Waste for Alachua County and the City of Gainesville was February 15, 2023; two (2) vendors responded, Watson C&D and Gaston Tree Debris Recycling. Watson C&D submitted the lower bid with similar capabilities and won the award.
The contractor is required to ensure the recycling and reuse, mulching and/or composting of the yard waste delivered under this agreement. Landfilling of the yard waste is not an acceptable management practice. It is the Contractor’s sole responsibility to process, market, sell, deliver, reuse and/or compost the material. The method selected by the Contractor shall be defined clearly and approved in advance by the County.
Additionally, the Contractor shall staff, operate and maintain a scale facility. The Contractor shall keep a daily tally of quantities, by ton, of materials both entering and leaving the Facility, including vehicle numbers, transporter, date, and time of each delivery. The Contractor shall provide the County with all records on a monthly basis, of the total deliveries received, total material received, total material processed, total material reused, recycled or composted. The contractor must also disclose the destination and use of processed material.